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say I, for if I were as well armed as Huxley I would Letter 31 

 challenge him to a duel on this subject. But I am a deal 

 too wise to do anything of the kind, for he would run me 

 through the body half a dozen times with his sharp and 

 polished rapier before I knew where I was. I did not 

 intend to have scribbled all this nonsense, but only to 

 have thanked you for your present. 



Everybody whom I have seen and who has seen your 

 picture of me is delighted with it. I shall be proud some 

 day to see myself suspended at the Linnean Society. 1 



1 The portrait painted by Mr. Collier hangs in the meeting-room 

 of the Linnean Society. 



